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April 1, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=214073

Another Israel-Hamas War Is Inevitable

(Jerusalem Post) Barry Rubin - Hamas is a revolutionary Islamist movement which genuinely views itself as directed by God, considers Jews to be subhuman, believes that a willingness to court suicide and welcome death will ensure victory, and is certain that it is going to destroy Israel and then transform Palestinian society into an Islamic Garden of Eden. The well-being and even physical survival of the people it rules is of little importance to it. The defeat Hamas suffered in the 2008-2009 war forced it to retrench and become cautious for a while. But with better weapons, Hamas will go to war. It's only a matter of time. The Egyptian revolution removed a regime that defined the national interest as having an anti-Hamas policy. Hamas knows it now has an ally rather than an enemy at its back. Moreover, there is no incentive in Egypt to block arms smuggling into Gaza.

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